Qualities that matter to our team

Not afraid to ask for help, teachable, a quick study, and have the ability to be flexible when “stuff happens.”

Understand deadlines and can complete a variety of tasks throughout the week.

Willing to participate in company paid training courses to further their skills.

Excited about contributing back to open-source technologies.

Comfortable communicating via Slack and participating in video calls with their team while working remotely.

Your day-to-day

Your primary responsibility will be developing and modifying the presentation layer of WordPress themes and web applications according to specifications outlined by the client and defined by a Lead Engineer during a Discovery Phase.

You’ll be working as part of a team, alongside Backend Engineers, Project Leads, Project Managers, and other partners during the entire development lifecycle of a project, as well as a supporting that project after it ships.

Here are some technologies you’ll be working with:

Sass

JavaScript/React/jQuery

NPM/Gulp/Webpack

Git

PHP 7

Gutenberg

Your primary responsibilities

Develop responsive, accessible, high-quality WordPress themes and web applications using modern workflows and tools, while following WDS Coding Standards.

Work directly with Senior or Lead Engineers on feature validation and code reviews.

Communicate the status of your work to Project Managers and participate in a project team and department calls.

Keep an accurate record of your time with our time tracking software.

Be available during normal business hours.

Minimum job requirements

You have 1+ years of professional experience as a Frontend Engineer or similar position.

You are able to convert layered design mockups to WordPress themes and web applications using development technologies like PHP/HTML/Sass/JavaScript.

You have a strong grasp of the WordPress theme structure, template hierarchy, template tags, custom post meta, internationalization, and escaping/sanitization of data.

You are knowledgeable of Git (GitHub) version control and branching strategies.

You have a strong understanding of JavaScript, React, and jQuery.

You have a strong comprehension of accessibility standards.

Experience using the terminal/command line.

Experience with build tools such as Gulp and/or Webpack.

Comfortable using Sketch/Photoshop/InVision.

Extra credit

It’s not required, but experience or interest in learning the following would be nice:

Automattic’s starter theme, _s or our starter theme, wd_s

WordPress plugins like:

Advanced Custom Fields

Beaver Builder

CMB2

Gravity Forms

Yoast SEO

REST APIs, especially the WordPress REST API

Gutenberg

Additional details

Dress code: pajamas, if you like!

This is a full-time, salaried position

Full-time employees also enjoy benefits such as Medical/Dental/Vision, Paid Time Off, 401K, and more!

Pay rate is based on experience and abilities

Lots and lots of informal GIF sharing

Learn more about what it’s like to be part of the gang at WebDevStudios.

OH, THE BENEFITS

We know the value in supporting our employees’ holistic well-being, and we make sure our benefits package reflects our commitment to our team.

100% Paid Medical

Paid Sick Leave

Unlimited Flex Time

25 days paid time off

Work from anywhere

Employee 401k

Continuing Education

Parental Leave

Annual Company Retreat

*No third parties or outsourcing agencies will be considered, but we are open to worldwide applicants!

WebDevStudios is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

We give each application consideration, but please do be patient as we go through all of the applications received. We will read them all and will be contacting eligible applicants within the next week or two.